CVE-2002-1986

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1986 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1986 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting liteserve (perception).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.7%, higher than 93.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
liteserve perception	`= 2.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

Perception LiteServe 2.0 through 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the source code of CGI scripts via an HTTP request with a trailing dot (".").

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0074.html · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/10635.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/6188 · Exploit

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